BI Connector

This reference describes the BI Connector connector metadata and supported capabilities, including connection parameters.

Summary

Property Value
Connector BI Connector icon BI Connector
Products Power BI (semantic models)
Power Query Online
Release state General availability
Category Database
Authentication kinds Basic
Data source kind BIConnector
Function Reference Documentation BIConnector.Contents

Prerequisites

Driver and provider dependencies

BI Connector uses the BI Connector Driver through ODBC. Its connection definition specifies an ODBC data source name (DSN).

Supported capabilities

  • Import
  • DirectQuery

Parameters

Entry point: BIConnector.Contents

Required parameter count: 1

Enter connection information

Parameter Display name Required Type Sample values Nullable
dsnname Enter the ODBC Data Source Name(DSN)* Yes text "obiee-sales-reports" false